East of Kyle ( of the United States)

Where: Washabaugh County, South Dakota (43.5° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 96.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: "Lower Rosebud Beds" Formation, Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: F. B. Loomis. 1924. Miocene oreodonts in the American Museum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 51(1):1-37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17498: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus curtus n. sp." = Oreodontoides curtus
"Merychyus curtus n. sp." = Oreodontoides curtus Loomis 1924 oreodont
see also Schultz and Falkenbach 1947